Details

Date Published

Date Built

CPU Clock Rate

CPU Temperature While Idle

30.0° C

CPU Temperature Under Load

75.0° C

GPU Core Clock Rate

1.544 GHz

GPU Effective Memory Clock Rate

8.008 GHz

GPU Temperature While Idle

32.0° C

GPU Temperature Under Load

76.0° C

Description

It was about time to do my first gaming build. I've been using my laptop (Core i7-3672QM, 8 GB Ram, GT 640m, 120 GB SSD) as my daily driver for a long time. Even though it was a decent system, gaming experience was horrible. It could barely handle games at 720p medium settings. A gaming PC has been on the back of my mind for a long long time.

With the release of Nvidia 10 series cards, I was very surprised with the price-to-performance ratio. I am not a die hard Nvidia fan, but GTX 1060 was the perfect card for me. Compared to last-gen, GTX 960 which was total ****, GTX 1060 had 80% performance boost. GTX 1060 6 GB card is on par with GTX 980 in terms of performance. I did considered RX 480, but the place where I live, price of AMD cards are really high.

My goal is pretty basic, play modern titles like Battlefield 1, Doom on ultra settings at 1080p.

Overall, I am very happy with the build. It can handle every game I've thrown at it on ultra details without sweating a bit. Its also doing great job at maintaining low temperatures even at the full load. I've had no issues so far.

That being said, I've some future upgrade plans:

Upgrade Plans:

Even though 8 GB is sufficient, I'll soon add extra 8 GB RAM.

The case only comes with 1 Blue LED fan, I am not happy with black and blue theme, I'll be adding 5 RED LED fans to spice the setup

I am worried about the power supply, Corsair VS450 being the entry level power supply, I've concerns about its longevity. I may switch to Corsair CX550 power supply

I'll be adding Cooler Master Hyper 103 cooler for CPU, even though I won't be doing any overclocking, Hyper 103 has produces less fan noise and temperatures.

I need to upgrade my desk to suite my build. The one I've now is too small and setup feels cramped.

I need to work a bit on my cable management. I'll do after I get the case fans.

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Great part choice for a first build! You need not worry about the quality control on your psu. If you are looking to swap in an aftermarket cooler, I think the cryorig m9i is a better alternative to the hyper 103.

Four months later, no longer a great choice. Still I think it won't disappoint whoever already built it that bad. After all, it takes some time before Ryzen 5 gains a noticeable advantage. Btw. maybe the single channel can reduce FPS in some games. I just wonder if the Corsair VS means "very ******" or what is it a short of.